For maybe the best moment of the entire season, we started Real Housewives of Miami with a sleepover with Marysol Patton and Mama Elsa. In a very Martha Stewart moment, Elsa decided to make some coffee. No, not with the use of a pot or a kettle. With her, all…
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For the filmmaking team of Lucas Leyva and Jillian Mayer, it’s Sundance 2.0. The filmmaker/artist duo brought the short film Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke, to the Sundance Film Festival for the first time last year (along with some very unpretentious film fest swag in the form of…
After a long Thanksgiving break from the broads, let’s all just admit it: We missed them! Real Housewives of Miami may have started with six housewives, but in episode 12, we’re now counting nine. In addition to the originals, there is Elaine Lancaster, of course. There’s the biggest queen of…
“ALL LIFE IS REAL.” It’s the slogan for Bleeding Palm’s film Adventures of Chris Bosh in the Multiverse, which was scheduled to screen during the lead-up to Borscht 8 next month. But it looks like Bosh himself has his own motto: “My life is off limits.” Borscht Film Festival posted…
The Borscht Film Festival may not be the biggest or the most well-known film fest in the world. But for sheer quirky delight, it can’t be beat. And this year is no exception. Borscht 8 recently announced its lineup of events, and there’s much more to look forward to than…
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Like a grade-school bully who keeps yanking the pigtails of his crush, Girls Gone Wild founder and professional smarmypants Joe Francis won’t leave Joanna Krupa alone. First, he showed up on The Real Housewives of Miami, apparently for the sole purpose of spreading rumors that he’d had sex with both…
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The saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” And the Borscht Film Festival, which will host its eighth edition next month, isn’t broken. It’s just a little cracked. Earlier this year, the Borscht-produced short film Life and Times of Uncle Luke — which combined a cartoonishly colorful set…
